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Please tell me why 2 down is NONET. I know it's a musical group but don't get the rest. Musical group getting the joint jumping. Thank you....

sherrardk

Scritchy Eye

My eye is really scritchy in the corner (the bit nearest my nose). I have tried optrex but the plastic thing doesn't really cover the scritchy bit. Any ideas (it's been like this for four or five...

Iluvspikey

Found A Lovely New 'breed' Of Potato Called 'picasso' At The Farmshop

Just bought a 25KG sack for £7.00. The lady in the farm shop said they are being grown all over Kent, Devon and Somerset so you should come across them in your supermarket A good all-rounder, chips...

giveup

Goat

My daughter has just brought me a kilo of diced goat,locally reared and butchered. Should be nice and tender "shouldn't it"...

McMouse

What's In A Name?

Yesterday was introduced to a chap who I last met at school some 60 years ago when he was called Ralph. His name is now pronounced "Raif". Anyone know any other name transformations?...

joggerjayne

Best Vid For Ages It's Brilliant

WyeDyed posted this video on the "Mrs O Whitby Goth Weekend" thread. i thought I'd post it again, in case anyone missed it, because it is totally, totally brilliant. It involves people having a good...

albaqwerty

Goodly Morning Folks

Red sky here, eek, shepherds warning and all that. I think it's Tuesday, no doubt someone will tell me I'm wrong :-)...

joggerjayne

Mrs O - Whitby - Goth Weekend

Mrs _O I saw something in the paper about the Whitby Goth Weekend. It seems to be an annual gathering. It looks fun. We are imagining Mrs_O all dressed in black, with black lipstick, wandering down to...

horseshoes

Help With Letter Please

Please could somebody assist in writing a letter to a company who has supplied and fitted something which hasn't lasted a reasonable length of time. I know it's to do with the Supply of Goods &...

horseshoes

Baby Jack Sugden

I was taking part in a survey today and was asked how interested I was in the Character Baby Jack Sugden on a 0-10 scale with 1 being "very interested" and 0 being "I don't know this character". Have...

murraymints

Bbbannas......anyone Heard ?

Sal....how are you hunni ? How did it go at docs? Anyone know ...have I just missed ...please can anyone let me know if Sal posts ?...

horseshoes

Battery Acid Removal

(Also posted in DIY) I have some china (cups and saucers) which have long been in a box with old batteries and the acid (or whatever it is) has gone on to the china and stained it a rust colour. Is...

Kleiber

Comfort Food

OK, maybe I should've put this in F&D, but not as many would've seen it. Just been watching the Hairy Bikers on Comfort Food, so I'm wondering what's your favourite comfort food? It doesn't matter...

cupotee

Doesn't Anyone Eat Out Here?

Lunch time is our time to eat out these days. Pub lunches mostly. The old innards object to eating too late these days....

gness

One Day In England.

Listening to the radio just now the question is being asked...If you could spend just one day in England where would it be? A good question for today...though the last caller has said Whitby. Hasn't...

joggerjayne

Loving It Loving It Sun Sun Sun

It's a bit breezy up here, but I'm love love loving this bit of sun. Lappy ... balcony ... sunnies ... pretending to work ... sorted. Olive's not here today, so if anyone could bring me out a bit of...

horseshoes

Rome

We're going on a cruise soon and one of thge ports of call is Citavecchia for Rome. We have a full day there but don't particularly want to do an official excursion, although we will do that if we are...